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A strategy program forteams facing
Will your departments cut the right costs, without citizens paying for it?
Usually the visible ones go first: opening hours, front-line staff. This program aligns what is protected, what is cut and how to explain it, in four one-hour team sessions.
Make it for your team
Execution readinessExample scores for a sample company. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.
Where it usually breaks38Today81/ 100After the 4 team sessions
Ready to executeShared knowledgeHigh riskDifferent ideas of which services are statutory
Shared convictionHigh riskStaff see the cuts as a political decision, not theirs
Shared practiceMedium riskNo agreed message for citizens and the press
4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitatorThe gap
What you'd typically hear if five of your managers answered alone.
SESSION 1 · FILL THE GAPSAnswered alone
Finish the sentence: in the budget reduction, the one thing my department must not cut is…MMira…front-line staff.
JJonas…anything we are legally required to provide.
AAylin…training. It is the first to go and the last to come back.
TTomas…our own budget. Others should go first.
RRosa…I don't know what is protected.
What it costs you if nobody notices
Shared knowledgeThe wrong costs go firstWithout a shared list of what is protected, teams cut what is easiest, not what is cheapest to lose.
Shared convictionFear does the cuttingIf teams think layoffs are next, the best people leave before any saving is made.
Shared practiceCitizens feel it firstWithout an agreed message, every team explains the cuts differently, and citizens hear all of them.
The program that closes the gap
Four one-hour sessions. Every team, the same savings and the same message, this budget cycle.
Session
Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice
S1Know what is protectedAgrees what is protected, what is cut and who decides.
Shared knowledge1Agree what is protected, what is cut2Apply the protect-and-cut rule to four real budget decisionsShared conviction3Stand behind the director general's call on what gets cutShared practice4Agree as a team which costs are protected5Rehearse the service desk cut moment
DemoS2Trust the reasonsShows you how strong the layoff fear is, and what would answer it.
Shared knowledge1Align on which services are protectedShared conviction2Face the real cost of getting the budget cuts wrong3Watch the director general's reasoningShared practice4Align on which budget situations get protected5Rehearse the opening hours budget cut moment
DemoS3Make the cutsSorts real spending into keep, reduce and stop.
Shared knowledge1Align on what to protectShared conviction2Decide how your team would make four real budget cut callsShared practice3Sort real budget situations into protect4Sort real department spending into keep
DemoS4Talk about itPractises explaining the cuts to your team and to citizens.
Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on what counts as a protected serviceShared conviction2Decide for the director generalShared practice3Match six real budget situations to the one right move each4Rehearse the 6% cut conversation for the two service desks
DemoPlay it yourself · a short demo · one exercise from session 3 · Make the Call
Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.
This is a taste, not the whole session. “Make the cuts” runs 4 exercises with your own team, on a call or in a room. Here is one of them, on the real screens, played with four AI teammates, so you can feel how a session works.
Make the cuts · Make the Call00:00MJLSYouDecide how your team would make four real budget cut calls, then align with the director general's approachOn screen: Reframe each of the 4 budget situations into the decision you would make alone
You are playing with 4 AI teammates. Every screen opens on its briefing: read it, then tap I’m ready.
Readiness intelligence · what you'll see as teams play
Know which teams are cutting the right costs, and where you should step in, before the savings cost you more than they save.
Acme Agency › Readiness intelligence › Budget reductionEvery department saves without cutting the services citizens rely on
Readiness index81%Ready+43 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80
Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80
Participation94%564 of 600 people played at least once
Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed
Alignment41% →78%1872 of 2400 points aligned
Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in
What counts as a protected serviceNot aligned in 3 of 8 playsShared knowledgeYour social services department · 85 people
Is this our decision, or a political one?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionYour front-line managers · 40 people
Your managers and team leads could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.
- 01 · 5 minConfirm the assumptionsCheck what we inferred about you and edit any text in place. Your edits are locked.
- 02 · 1 link per teamInvite your teamAny browser, any device. No account, nothing to install.
- 03 · after each playWatch readiness fill inYou see who played, what they agreed, and where to follow up.
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